A middle-aged couple in Zhongshan County, Hezhou City, had an accident one after another and was judged to be brain dead, and the family decided to donate all the available organs of the two people. In mid-September, their livers, kidneys and corneas regenerated eight people. It is reported that this is the first case of husband and wife donating organs in Guangxi.
The organ donation coordinator and medical staff bowed in silence for Zhong Lan (pseudonym).
Family members and organ donation coordinators bowed in silence for Song Yi (pseudonym).
In late August, Zhong Lan (pseudonym), who was working at home, suddenly fell into a coma, and after being rushed to the local hospital, she was found to be a meningioma and a brain hernia, and her condition was extremely critical, and there was no significant improvement after surgical treatment. Her husband, Song Yi (not her real name), worries about her illness and huge medical bills.
The misfortune is that after Zhong Lan was admitted to the hospital for seven or eight days, Song Yi accidentally fell from a high altitude, resulting in many serious injuries throughout the body, sudden respiratory arrest during the treatment period, and then severe ischemic hypoxic encephalopathy.
In early September, the guangxi branch expert group of the National Brain Injury Accusation Center clinically determined that both husband and wife were in a state of brain death.
It is understood that Song Yi and his wife have been married for more than 20 years and have 3 children, the oldest is 19 years old, and the youngest is only 13 years old. In the midst of this great grief, the families of the two men decided to voluntarily donate their loved ones' useful organs and tissues free of charge. A few days later, witnessed by the Red Cross, the husband and wife successfully completed organ donation after their deaths.
Family members sign organ donation documents in the presence of the Human Organ Donation Coordinator. Photo by Huang Xiaochun and Li Jiazhi
The organ transplant operation was carried out by the team of Lai Yanhua, director of the Transplant Department of the Autonomous Region People's Hospital, and with the assistance of many related departments of the hospital, 2 livers and 4 kidneys were successfully transplanted, saving the lives of 6 patients with liver and kidney failure inside and outside the region. A pair of corneas were also transplanted from the hospital's ophthalmology department to 2 patients with eye diseases. At present, 8 transplant patients have recovered smoothly after surgery.
Wedding photos of the couple before they were born.
Huang Xiaochun, coordinator of the Organ Donation Office and Organ Donation Of the Autonomous Region People's Hospital, said that the situation of organ donation after the death of both husband and wife is the first time in Guangxi, and their great love is admirable.
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